U.S.-Mexico pact limits lagoon development
They have already passed San Diego: thousands of gray whales making their annual 10,000-mile voyage from feeding grounds in the Arctic circle to the warm winter waters of Baja California.
By now, many of them, the males ahead, the females straggling behind, are arriving in Laguna San Ignacio, one of the world’s last underdeveloped lagoons. Here, they will give birth to their young, rear them, and prepare for the long trip back to Alaska in the spring.
The lagoon has been a home to the whales, as well as 221 species of birds, green sea turtles, osprey and bottlenose dolphins, for hundreds of years. And now, thanks to an innovative cross-border conservation agreement, it will be protected in perpetuity.
The deal signed Oct. 25 between U.S. and Mexico-based conservation groups and the 43 members of the local land collective, or ejido, stipulates that fishers and whale-watching guides will protect the 120,000 acres they own along the shores of the lagoon.
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Statoil, ExxonMobil form Gulf of Mexico pact
Statoil ASA and ExxonMobil Corp. have entered a Gulf of Mexico exploration agreement and plan to drill, with partners, one or more exploratory wells in the Alaminos Canyon area.
Separately, the companies are jointly evaluating acreage in the Walker Ridge area, on trend with the Jack and St. Malo discoveries in which Statoil holds equity interests (OGJ Online, Apr. 28, 2005).
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U.S., Mexico sign pact ending 16-year cement dispute
The United States and Mexico Monday formally ended a 16-year-old cement trade dispute, allowing increased imports of Mexican cement to help in the reconstruction of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Top U.S. and Mexican officials signed an agreement allowing Mexico to export 3 million tons of cement annually to southern tier U.S. states over the next three years with an import duty of $3 per ton, down from more than $26 now.
The pact, which was reached in principle in January, also ends various legal challenges brought by Mexico. The dispute dates back
Cooperation is key for Mexico, U.S. game wardens
Game wardens from Mexico will join U.S. game wardens on Thursday to observe how enforcement is done here at the annual dove opener in Imperial Valley.
Lt. Joe Brana, a 26-year veteran of the Department of Fish and Game based here, said one or possibly two Mexican game wardens will ride along with his opening-day enforcement team of state and federal game wardens. Dove season opens Thursday, with shooting time set for 5:47 a.m.
"I'm looking forward to it because it's something we've never tried before," Brana said.
It's all part of
Torreón is a city in Coahuila, Mexico. In 2003 it had an estimated population of 517,000 people, reaching 915,000 in the Metropolitan Area, considering Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in the state of Durango. It is considered the 9th biggest Metro area in the country.
Geography
Torreón is located at 25.55°N, 103.43°W, and is a city in southwest border of the state of Coahuila and within the Lagoon region of the state. The border is marked by the RÃo Nazas river and is also the divider between the city of Gómez Palacio in Durango and Torreón. Despite its promising name of Lagoon, the
Sasken plans development center in Mexico
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd has announced its plans to set up its international Development and Support Center in Nuevo Leon in Mexico, where it a wholly owned subsidiary, Sasken Communication Technologies Mexico.
Sasken Mexico's 12,000 sq ft development and support centre in Monterrey, in the Apodaca Industrial Park will be able to accommodate 100+ engineers. The process for hiring the required engineers has already been initiated. The facility will be operational by the end of the first quarter of 2006. This center will focus primarily on Embedded System Software Development.
"Mexico has excellent infrastructure
Akumal
A luxury resort, 102 km south of Cancun, 20 km north of Tulum, Akumal is reached easily by bus from there or from Playa del Carmen (30 minutes). There is a small lagoon 3 km north of Akumal, good snorkelling.
Sleeping and eating L Hotel Club Akumal Caribe. One of many luxury hotels, villas and condos which can be booked in the US through Caribbean Fantasy, PO Box 7606, Loveland, Colorado 80537-0606, caribbfan@aol.com, accommodation is all LL-AL.
ATP Apparent High Bidder on Gulf of Mexico Lease Block
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ:ATPG) today announced it was the apparent high bidder out of three bids submitted to the Minerals Management Service (MMS) on Green Canyon Block 37 at the Central Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Offshore Lease Sale held on March 15, 2006 in New Orleans. If the block is awarded, ATP's financial outlay will be $3.3 million with the Company owning a 100% working interest and serving as operator of the property.
"ATP continues to follow a consistent strategy of acquiring for development properties that have already shown
Chinese FM meets with counterparts from Russia, Bolivia, Mexico
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met Monday with his counterparts from Russia, Bolivia and Mexico on the sidelines of the 60th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
During his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Li said Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met for many times, and reached new and important consensus on how to deepen the bilateral relationship.
China will cooperate closely with Russia to translate the consensus into action, and to enhance the development of bilateral relations, Li stressed.
Lavrov expressed
Mexico approved as an enhanced enterprise zone
City Manager Tanna Parish said it best. "Whoopee!" was his reaction to the good news that came in the form of a press release from the office of Gov. Matt Blunt stating the Missouri Department of Economic Development has approved Mexico's enhanced enterprise zone status.
Parish said being granted EEZ status is important for Mexico's economic standard and development.
"This gives us a really important tool needed to attract industry to the area," he said and explained while the city was an enterprise zone before and able to offer incentives to industry looking to relocate in
Presidential Nomination Contender in Mexico Drops Out of Race
A contender for a nomination in next year's presidential election in Mexico has dropped out of the race, amid corruption allegations against him.
Former state governor Arturo Montiel said Thursday he would not seek the nomination from the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
The decision came amid news reports that officials were investigating more than $3 million in deposits into the bank account of one of his sons, and probing the family's property deals.
His rival, Roberto Madrazo, is now seen as the PRI's likely presidential nominee.
PRI had ruled Mexico for 71 consecutive years, until
